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J Vasc Interv Radiol
December 2024
Department of Radiology, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address:
Purpose: To determine the adverse events (AEs) rate associated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and identify risk factors for their occurrence.
Materials And Methods: This single-center retrospective study included 2310 PTBD (right-side: 1164; left-sided: 966; bilateral: 180) interventions for biliary obstruction (benign/malignant) in 449 patients between 2010-2020. Patients with percutaneous cholecystostomy alone were excluded.
Microbiologyopen
December 2024
Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA.
Enterobacteriaceae possess eight TolC-dependent multidrug efflux pumps: AcrAB-TolC, AcrAD-TolC, AcrEF-TolC, MdtEF-TolC, MdtABC-TolC, EmrAB-TolC, EmrYK-TolC, and MacAB-TolC, which efflux bile salts, antibiotics, metabolites, or other compounds. However, our understanding of their physiological roles remains limited, especially for less-studied pumps like EmrYK-TolC. In this study, we tested the effects on swimming motility and growth under stress conditions of Escherichia coli mutants individually deleted for each inner-membrane transporter component of all eight TolC-dependent pumps, a mutant deleted for the AcrB-accessory protein AcrZ, and a mutant simultaneously deleted for all eight pumps (ΔtolC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomolecules
September 2024
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children & Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41126 Modena, Italy.
Cholestasis is a clinical and laboratory syndrome indicating impaired bile production or excretion. One of the hallmark symptoms of cholestasis is pruritus. Itch can be severe and debilitating for patients, impacting their quality of life similarly to pain, and, in some cases, it can be refractory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCells
September 2024
Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Developing accurate in vitro models that replicate the in vivo tumor environment is essential for advancing cancer research and therapeutic development. Traditional 2D cell cultures often fail to capture the complex structural and functional heterogeneity of tumors, limiting the translational relevance of findings. In contrast, 3D culture systems, such as spheroids, provide a more physiologically relevant context by replicating key aspects of the tumor microenvironment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Chromatogr A
November 2024
Tongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. Electronic address:
Natural bile acids, a class of steroids with a valeric acid side chain at the C-17 position, present significant challenges in separation and analysis due to structural similarities, isomerism, and large polarity differences. Therefore, advanced analytical methods are essential for the accurate identification and quantification of bile acids. This study conducted a comprehensive qualitative analysis of bile acids by integrating liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), hydrogen-deuterium exchange tandem mass spectrometry (HDX-MS/MS), and quantitative structure-retention relationship (QSRR) methods.
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